I have a couple of questions to those who can answer me about wiring my clock/instrumentation in when the time comes. I have attached a .pdf wiring diagram.

When wiring the headlight etc do i just take a feed off the appropriate wire so that the correct light illuminates on the guage? ie, run 2 main beam wires (from the swutch to the light & 1 to the guage?)

When connecting the oil pressure & neutral switch do i just wire it to the correct wire in the clock without power so that when either is activated the clock's power will illuminate the appropriate light.

The above is what i think but please point out if this is incorrect.

Thanks for any pointers you can give me.

Sorry, THIS is about as good as i can do. A direct link to the diagram.

I didn't have a chance to hunt for the stock taillight yet, but noticed when I came home from work that I had left my ignition switch in the on position for about 9 hours or so. Luckily, the headlight was off, and the run switch was off, so the only drain was from the led taillight and the Acewell computer. I plugged in the battery tender to charge it back up overnight.

I think I am going to email the company that makes my taillight and ask them about that .78v. They may have an answer for me so I don't have to start dissecting the light. LOL

Couldn't find the build thread yet, but welcome and can't wait to see what you do. I agree with KZ_Rage. If you go with an aftermarket computer, it will be lower profile, all in one unit, and just sweeter looking. I have an Acewell on my 750, and it has more than everything I need. They are good gauges that are not ridiculously overpriced, so if you're looking to upgrade you should check them out.

~Clutch

clutch wrote:

750steve wrote: Oops! I see a few have already suggested black!! :lol:

LOL it's cool. I like to hear ideas anyway (even if they've already been suggested ). Looks like a lot of us are thinking the same thing about my forks though

Cheers! :lol:

Mine are going white but i dunno if that'd suit your colour scheme!


Tell me, do you know if a 77 KZ750 has a low fuel light warning? If it does i'll be interested to see how you get yours & the acewell working together.

Okay, MFolks, is that box in the link above a good solution for me? I'll be running a Headlight, Tial/stop light, horn? I'll be running all the gnd/pwr wires from inside a fabricated alu box under the seat as i want to keep the wiring out of sight. There will also be wires to & from the clock (an Acewell clock www.acewell.co.uk/Acewell%20Speedometers/ACE-2xxx/index.htm ) & a nautral & oil light on the clock

The left rear peg mount is done. It's another crappy cell phone pic (keep forgetting my cam inside). As you can see, the tail/seat is not done. I was sanding it back down and realized I hadn't drilled mounting holes yet, so I took care of that.


The tank is coming along nicely. I will need to smooth out a couple spots, but it doesn't look like it will be anywhere near as difficult as I thought. Once I have the base on nice with that, I will pull out the frog tape (green masking tape) and lay down the white for the "racing stripe". Then it will just need some clear. I also finished the right side cover. Other than the tank and tail, I still need to prep, paint and clear the front fender, right rear peg mount, headlight bucket (maybe), and if I can think of an easy way to do it, I was going to put a red accent ring around the top of my acewell computer (probably overkill lol!). More pics tomorrow...

T_Dub wrote:

mark1122 wrote:

T_Dub wrote: Here's the one I have on mine:

www.acewell.co.uk/Acewell%20Speedometers...tm?action=full&id=29

Acewell also has a Kawasaki speedo cable thingy. It doesn't work on our bikes right out of the box but if you've got an old speedo cable it's possible to change the nuts on the end with a little sandpaper and a bench grinder. So I didn't ahve to rig up a magnet like some do, I've got my stock speedo drive feeding the acewell directly, pretty cool.

no point useing a cable, when its so easy to go digital.
1 less cable up front too.
u can run the sensor off the back rim so the set up is nice and clean.

Its not a cable, its digital, its a dealie that screw into the speedo drive and theres a hall sensor in it. I think its cleaner than having a magnet on your back wheel and a sensor.

dont u still need a wire to run from the sensor to the speedo?

mark1122 wrote:

T_Dub wrote: Here's the one I have on mine:

www.acewell.co.uk/Acewell%20Speedometers...tm?action=full&id=29

Acewell also has a Kawasaki speedo cable thingy. It doesn't work on our bikes right out of the box but if you've got an old speedo cable it's possible to change the nuts on the end with a little sandpaper and a bench grinder. So I didn't ahve to rig up a magnet like some do, I've got my stock speedo drive feeding the acewell directly, pretty cool.

no point useing a cable, when its so easy to go digital.
1 less cable up front too.
u can run the sensor off the back rim so the set up is nice and clean.

Its not a cable, its digital, its a dealie that screw into the speedo drive and theres a hall sensor in it. I think its cleaner than having a magnet on your back wheel and a sensor.

mark1122 wrote:

T_Dub wrote: Here's the one I have on mine:

www.acewell.co.uk/Acewell%20Speedometers...tm?action=full&id=29

Acewell also has a Kawasaki speedo cable thingy. It doesn't work on our bikes right out of the box but if you've got an old speedo cable it's possible to change the nuts on the end with a little sandpaper and a bench grinder. So I didn't ahve to rig up a magnet like some do, I've got my stock speedo drive feeding the acewell directly, pretty cool.

no point useing a cable, when its so easy to go digital.
1 less cable up front too.
u can run the sensor off the back rim so the set up is nice and clean.

OOOOOOOooooooo!!!! I never thought of using the back rim!!!! I may have to see if that will work better for me!!!! :woohoo:

T_Dub wrote: Here's the one I have on mine:

www.acewell.co.uk/Acewell%20Speedometers...tm?action=full&id=29

Acewell also has a Kawasaki speedo cable thingy. It doesn't work on our bikes right out of the box but if you've got an old speedo cable it's possible to change the nuts on the end with a little sandpaper and a bench grinder. So I didn't ahve to rig up a magnet like some do, I've got my stock speedo drive feeding the acewell directly, pretty cool.

no point useing a cable, when its so easy to go digital.
1 less cable up front too.
u can run the sensor off the back rim so the set up is nice and clean.